KENDRA C BEEDLE

2015 - 2016
038 - Plaquemines Parish
038010 - Belle Chasse Primary School
Evaluator: ANNA CIBILICH LINCOLN

Observation
Evaluation Type:

T - Compass Teacher Rubric

Class Description:

Observation Type:

O - Observation

Student Count:

17

Observation Title:

Noticing a shift in poetry

Course Category:

READ - Reading

Observation Date:

1/29/2016 (Begin)

Grade:

03 - THIRD

Full Period?:

Yes

1/29/2016 (End)

Pre-Obsv. Conf.:
Post-Obsv. Conf.:

Observation Ratings
Domain:

1 - Planning and Preparation

Component:

1 - 1c: Setting Instructional Outcomes

Component Rating:

3 - Effective: Proficient
Observation Comments

What we are doing today is look at a poem that we read before but this time we are going to go deeper with it.
Review of poetry. Noticing elements of poetry.
Looking for a shift in the text- setting, weather, author's purpose, feelings.
Activities align to the outcome.
Teacher connects this work that students did with this poem of looking at how a text shifts to thinking about how students might
notice a shift in the persuasive texts that they have been working with.
Connects reading and writing.
Observation Ratings
Domain:

2 - Classroom Environment

Component:

1 - 2c: Managing Classroom Procedures

Component Rating:

4 - Highly Effective
Observation Comments

Students move to the carpet quickly. Students know the procedures of the class.
When the teacher explains what she wants students to do, she is clear and students follow directions/expectations.
Students have reading binders where they keep texts that they are working on. Students

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KENDRA C BEEDLE
2015 - 2016
038 - Plaquemines Parish
038010 - Belle Chasse Primary School

Observation Ratings
Domain:

3 - Instruction

Component:

1 - 3b: Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques

Component Rating:

3 - Effective: Proficient
Observation Comments

Read the title. What do you think the title means?

What does it mean when something shifts? Students share several ideas in a discussion about this vocabulary word. What other
word could you use?
Use of wait time is evident- What does it mean when it is rainy in a text? I'm going to give you a minute to think about that. Who is
talking? How is she feeling?
Read the last stanza, Are there any shifts? And if so, what are they?
Observation Ratings
Domain:

3 - Instruction

Component:

2 - 3c: Engaging Students in Learning

Component Rating:

3 - Effective: Proficient
Observation Comments

Learnzillion video- What makes a poem a poem?

Discussion on vocabulary (shift)- students share out different things they know about the different meanings of "shift".
Teacher assigns the students to read the repeated phrase chorally.
Teacher models annotating the poem.
Observation Ratings
Domain:

3 - Instruction

Component:

3 - 3d: Using Assessment in Instruction

Component Rating:

3 - Effective: Proficient
Observation Comments

Questions about vocabulary knowledge, comprehension of the poem.

Teacher monitors students as they annotate their persuasive text.

Observation Notes

Areas of Strength
You have routines in place. Students manage their own materials.
You ask good questions.
Complex text is used.

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KENDRA C BEEDLE
2015 - 2016
038 - Plaquemines Parish
038010 - Belle Chasse Primary School

Areas of Improvement
Engagement- Boost engagement. Notice how much time students were working on text (poetry and then persuasive text) where
you were leading the lesson- asking questions, guiding students through a text, as opposed to time when students are taking the
lead/thinking about the texts more independently. Think about how you can add more time for students to be actively engaged.
Model, then have students do.
I see the connection that you were making with noticing shifts in poetry and then working with persuasive text, but the focus of the
lesson may have been hard to follow when you moved from analyzing a poem to working with persuasive text.

Next Steps
Analyze a lesson. Notice engagement. Think of ways to structure or chunk the lesson so that you model, then have students
actively engaged more independently.

Scoring
Average components' ratings:

3.20 Effective: Proficient

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